Ok so I recieved a bill from PUD in the amount of $150.58 due December 10th and I was supremely pissed about this because I barely ever use my heat and am never home. I did not understand but I chalked it up to money hungry stealin bastards. A week later I recieved another bill in the amount of $303.00 more dollars for a total of $453.58 WTF. It was about November 24th when I recieved this additional bill so I should have still had time to pay my bill so I was supremely concerned again. I decided I would go to the PUD office as soon as possible and voice my concerns. Well I went this wednesday and let me tell you I voiced my concerns. I was informed the $303.00 was a deposit amount for having a bill go to collections 8 years ago. 8 years ago I did not pay a final closing bill when I moved to Arizona well I was unaware of this bill that it is why it was not paid. A collections company called me while living in Arizona and collected the $97.00. So that $97.00 dollars has fucked me over big time. At this point I was in tears doing my normal bitch about this freakin country, if I was to be a lazy ass single parent and sit home and do nothing I would have the whole world handed to me on a silver platter. It freakin pisses me the fuck off. The lady in the office then offered to help me see if I qualify for financial assistance, ofcourse I tell her I wont but she insists on filling out the form anyway I ask her what is the maximum you can make a year she says 22,000 who the hell lives off 22,000 oh wait I know the fuckin bitches who get the world handed to them, free money,food rent whatever they freakin want. While I as a single parent work 2 freakin jobs to make ends meet just so that I do not rely on other people to raise my kids. In doing so however I have no help with anything, I used to have daycare assistance for my youngest daughter and was kicked off cause I make to much I was paying almost $500.00 a month with assistance and barely paying that and without it was over $1000.00 how the hell would I pay that? So I dropped daycare and had to rotate out family members to babysit and good thing I have lots of family to help otherwise I would have been forced to quit my job that I had at the time and live off welfare. Well recently My children were kicked off state assistance and yes I make to much, I might have to take a 3rd job just to pay for medical for my children. When will I see them, when will I sleep, when will I be able to be a mom? I think thta the country should do more for moms that are trying than what they do for people who do nothing. I try and try to get ahead but keep getting pushed back down. Well enough about that back to my story. Guess what I did not qualify for state assistance for my PUD, DUH DOUBLE DUH!!!!!! The lady did put me on a payment plan $150,58 December 31st, $101.00 January 7th, $101.00 February 7th, my regular bill of probably a million dollars because I don't intend to let my children freeze during the winter February 20th and $101.00 due March 7th then I will be on the normal every 2 month program. Even with that payment plan I am severly screwed. I had to vent about that for a bit so thanks for listening.